"It was an amazing achievement for Orbital today, " said Alan Lindenmoyer, the manager of Nasa's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program.

BBC: Orbital's Antares rocket makes test flight

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy hailed the turnaround that has led to the club securing a top-four place as "an amazing achievement".

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"This is an amazing achievement, " said Mr. Bolden, the NASA administrator.

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We were under pressure at times but we turned it around, changed the momentum of the game and went on to win it, which was an amazing achievement.

BBC: Paul Collingwood column

By the time Raspberry Pi celebrates its first anniversary at the end of February, more than a million will have been sold - an amazing achievement for what has been a shoestring operation dependent on voluntary efforts and the enthusiasm of the community.

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"I think it's an amazing technological achievement to be able to be able to detect small rocks like this, " said Francois Fressin, a co-author of the paper based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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As amazing an achievement as this is, this is only the start of providing a basis for either conventional or quantum computing.

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